NASA Surface meteorology and Solar Energy

**Monthly Averaged Radiation Incident On An Equator-Pointed Tilted Surface (kWh/m²/day)**
Lat 52.3 Lon 104.2	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
SSE HRZ	1.15	2.20	3.73	4.83	5.55	5.49	5.00	4.26	3.28	2.15	1.30	0.88	3.32
K	0.53	0.59	0.61	0.56	0.52	0.47	0.45	0.45	0.47	0.48	0.50	0.50	0.51
Diffuse	0.69	1.15	1.76	2.06	2.53	2.77	2.66	2.25	1.64	1.14	0.77	0.55	1.67
Direct	2.18	3.44	4.79	5.44	5.38	4.70	4.09	3.75	3.61	2.97	2.25	1.77	3.70
Tilt 0	1.14	2.18	3.69	4.81	5.57	5.51	5.02	4.23	3.22	2.10	1.26	0.88	3.31
Tilt 37	2.08	3.42	4.89	5.45	5.54	5.24	4.86	4.45	3.92	3.04	2.15	1.70	3.90
Tilt 52	2.28	3.63	4.97	5.25	5.12	4.73	4.42	4.20	3.89	3.17	2.34	1.89	3.82
Tilt 67	2.36	3.65	4.79	4.79	4.53	4.14	3.90	3.76	3.66	3.13	2.40	1.98	3.59
Tilt 90	2.24	3.31	4.06	3.72	3.29	2.97	2.84	2.86	2.99	2.77	2.24	1.90	2.93
OPT	2.36	3.67	4.98	5.45	5.76	5.59	5.12	4.52	3.93	3.18	2.40	1.98	4.08
OPT ANG	69.0	61.0	49.0	33.0	18.0	12.0	14.0	25.0	42.0	56.0	66.0	71.0	42.9

**Minimum Available Insolation Over A Consecutive-day Period (%)**
Lat 52.3 Lon 104.2	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Min/1 day	35.3	42.2	43.4	35.8	20.9	18.0	14.4	20.4	18.2	16.2	37.6	28.4
Min/3 day	53.1	54.8	56.0	43.5	47.0	32.3	20.8	31.9	25.3	39.2	54.1	57.9
Min/7 day	66.7	69.0	70.0	67.4	60.6	42.1	44.4	48.1	51.7	57.1	61.4	65.4
Min/14 day	72.1	75.6	74.9	79.2	78.4	67.9	59.5	56.2	67.5	66.6	73.4	70.6
Min/21 day	76.9	81.4	81.4	88.4	85.1	77.2	70.5	63.4	78.9	77.0	77.5	75.7
Min/Month	89.6	91.3	90.3	93.1	89.1	88.3	87.2	82.8	86.5	87.4	86.1	84.0

**Equivalent Number Of NO-SUN Or BLACK Days (days)**
Lat 52.3 Lon 104.2	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1 day	0.64	0.57	0.56	0.64	0.79	0.81	0.85	0.79	0.81	0.83	0.62	0.71
3 day	1.40	1.35	1.31	1.69	1.58	2.02	2.37	2.04	2.24	1.82	1.37	1.26
7 day	2.32	2.16	2.09	2.27	2.75	4.05	3.88	3.63	3.37	3.00	2.70	2.42
14 day	3.89	3.40	3.50	2.90	3.01	4.48	5.67	6.12	4.54	4.67	3.71	4.11
21 day	4.84	3.89	3.89	2.42	3.11	4.77	6.18	7.67	4.41	4.81	4.72	5.10
Month	3.20	2.41	2.99	2.04	3.35	3.49	3.96	5.31	4.02	3.89	4.15	4.93

**Monthly Averaged Wind Speed At 50 m Above The Surface Of The Earth (m/s)**
Lat 52.3 Lon 104.2	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
10-year Average	4.32	4.18	4.05	4.21	3.96	3.64	3.40	3.44	3.73	3.94	4.24	4.38	3.95

**Minimum And Maximum Difference From Monthly Averaged Wind Speed At 50 m (%)**
Lat 52.3 Lon 104.2	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
Minimum	-6	-12	-10	-14	-10	-13	-12	-8	-8	-6	-4	-7	-9
Maximum	5	11	12	11	9	9	14	7	8	6	4	5	8

It is recommended that users of these wind data review the SSE Methodology. The user may wish to correct for biases as well as local effects within the selected grid region.

All height measurements are from the soil, water, or ice/snow surface instead of "effective" surface, which is usually taken to be near the tops of vegetated canopies.

Difference Between The Average Wind Speed At 10 m Above The Surface Of The Earth And The Average Wind speed At 50 m Above The Surface Of The Earth (%)
***Vegetation type*** Rough bare soil
Lat 52.3 Lon 104.2	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
10-year Average	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30	-30